times'a flyin'

We Welcomed "BROTHA" into the family (Yamaha U1)
When: October 2, 2011.
He was born in St. George
weighting in at 502 lbs
Height 48"
Width 60"
Length 24"
# of keys 88
# of pedals 3
He is a beauty!!

Time is just flying by. I haven’t been very diligent in keeping the blog updated. Brea just turned 8 months yesterday and I still haven’t even updated her 7 month photos. We have been busy with getting a new piano, getting Halloween costumes ready, having people come stay, new callings, and just the regular everyday stuff that goes on.

Here is a sneak peek at Brea’s Halloween costume. You will have to wait on all the other kids’ attire.

Brea is crawling like a normal baby now. No more army crawls for this little mover. She also stands up on anything she can pull herself up onto. Kinda dangerous in Mommies eyes.

just a reminder for mom

Brea rolled over for real on June 23, 2011. This is when all the fun begins.
Brea ate her first baby food on Sunday August 14, 2011 She had some applesauce. I don't know how well she liked it but she caught on fast! :)
Brea cut her first tooth on August 20, 2011 It was 3 days past her 6 month mark.
She loves to jump, sit in her bumbo, stand in her tumbler, swing and be around her siblings. She rolls everywhere! I think she is going to crawl before she sit up on her own.

6 Months old

My baby turned 6 months old yesterday. She is getting harder and harder to take pictures of. She tries to sit up by herself and cant quite do it alone. She is always moving. I know this is suppose to happened but, it is all happening too fast! At night she rolls so much that it is hard for her to even sleep. If she would just hold still. oh well! I will just enjoy all my time with my last little baby! :)

She is out growing the elephant too fast! :(

Trying to keep the back drop up and her from lunging off the couch!

Showing off her pretty bright flower!

5 Months

Holy cow! Brea just keeps getting older and bigger. I love my little smiley baby! :)

catch up

I have been so busy. Bottling apple pie filling, getting ready to bottle beets, squeezing oranges and drying apples. It has been a lot of work but very rewarding. I love teaching my kids to be healthy. I love that they get right up on the kitchen counter and help. I did this when I was a kid and I feel very blessed that I can try and teach my kids to help out in the kitchen.

James helped me pick this huge turnip. Isn't this a cool picture

Brea turned 3 months and I need to get these pictures posted because pretty soon she will be 4 months. I also went and got her little ears pierced. She got cute little diamonds. All the kids got to come and watch. I think Daddy was a little surprised to see that I actually took her and had them done. He thought they were the magnet earrings at first. He should know me better than that already. He said they were cute and so I knew I was OK.

Look real close and you can see her cute little earring. I also painted her fingernails. Its so fun having another girl around to play with. :)

We have had a lot of visitors. We love that we can open our doors for everyone. Family is very important to us. Spending time with them is so much fun!Emery, Tim and Dantzel

Brea's Baby Blessing

On May 1st Brea was Blessed. It was a very special day and I am grateful for everyone who came and supported us. Brea looked like a little princess. I think she slept almost all day. She fell asleep right before the blessing but Brandon said she was wide awake during the blessing and then as soon as the blessing was done she fell right back to sleep. She sure is a special little girl. :) Its amazing how much you can love all your kids.

2 week old in hospital=no fun!

3-4-2011

I am actually sitting in the Hospital with my brand new baby Brea. It all started the other night. She started to run a fever and so I took her into the Dr. Her 2 week appointment wasn’t scheduled until Friday (today) but because she is so little I decided to take her in. The Dr did a few tests: urine and a spinal tap test to see if we could see what was wrong there in the Dr Office. Well, turns out because she is so little they had to admit her into the hospital. I drove her over to the Hospital, and here we sit. This is the second night and I am hoping that we will be able to go home tomorrow. They ended up doing a lot of different blood work, and an ultrasound. The lab took 24 hours to get the blood tests back. It turns out that she has a Urinary Track Infection and turns out moved into her Kidneys. Thank goodness the infection didn’t get into her blood stream. The ultrasound showed that there wasn’t any fluid on her kidneys, so that was good. We just had to play the waiting game. In the mean time Brandon had to play Mr. Mom. He is such a good Dad! I am very blessed to have him as my husband and father to my children. Sorry, didn’t mean to get all mushy on you. :)

We are home and on antibiotics. In a week Brea goes in for ex-rays to make sure the infection all got cleared up. I'm not looking forward to this. We will get through it.

Introducing...

BREA PARK

We welcomed Brea into the world on:
February 17, 2011
Weight 7 lbs 6 oz
20 inches

The nurse almost had to deliver all by herself. It all happened so fast. We got the phone call from the nurse at about 6:45 am on Thursday the 17th. We got in the car and drove to the hospital.

The Birth Story (probably kinda boring for most but, I want the memory so here you have it)

We got all hooked up to the machines at about 10:00 UT time. Dr. Astle came in to check me and break my water but he ended up putting something on Brea's head. I don't remember what it was called but it had a metal wire that could be hooked up to the machine to track the babies heart rate and such. I was moving along and decided to get my epidural when I was dilated to a 3. My Mom and sister Jodi showed up as I was getting my epidural. When they came in it was fun to just visit and not have so many contractions to get in the way of our talking. My only problem was, my epidural only worked on the right side. It was kinda weird to only have my left side work.
It had been about an hour and a half and Brandon started getting antsy because it was reaching 4:00 and he was sure that I was going to deliver Brea by 3:30 or 4:00. The nurse was like I am going to go get a new IV and then I will check her. He didn't think that was a good idea and he was right. As soon as the the nurse put her glove on and checked me she was yelling for my Mom to hand her another glove and yelling for Jodi to push the nurses button. Brea's head was out and I almost delivered her on the bed. Dr. Astle got their and got to deliver Brea but, she already had her shoulders out. It was amazing how fast he got there. He didn't even put gloves on. He just pulled her out the rest of the way. I think the only reason he made it is because Brea had the cord around her neck. It was so tight that the nurse had to cut it before they could even clamp it off. This made the delivery a little more bloody.
I didn't have to push once with this delivery and it was kinda weird. You don't really hear of your husband and nurses telling you not to push when delivering a baby.
I am grateful for another healthy baby. So far she has been so fun to have around. She sleeps very well during the night and I hope it continues. Thanks for all our friends and family who have helped during this exciting time in our lives. A big thank you to my Mom and Sister Jodi for taking my kids so I could enjoy having another baby enter this world.